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Privatizing Iraq Doesn’t Seem to Have Worked
Workers leaving the Diyala State Company for Electrical Industries in Baquba recently. Photo Credit: Ashley Gilbertson for The New York TimesIraq Private Sector Falters; Rolls of Government SoarBy Campbell Robertson / August 10, 2008 BAGHDAD — Hampered by years of … Continue reading
Minneapolis/ St. Paul : Rocking the Republicans
Texas-reared singer-songwriter Steve Earle will be rocking the Republicans on Labor Day. Image copyright Charles Devlin.‘Most of the rock concerts during RNC convention week are renegade events aimed at countering the Republican mania, not fueling it’by Keith Goetzman / August … Continue reading
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Tagged Musicians, Protest, Repuplican Convention, Rock 'n Roll, Singers
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The American Left : Do We Have a Progressive Movement Today?
Is there a new progressive movement? If so, it’s different from the last one: sixties anti-war demonstration was part of the New Left movement. Photo courtesy of Robert Altman.George Bush ‘has succeeded in bringing moderates, liberals, and progressives closer together … Continue reading
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Tagged Internet, Netroots, New Left, New Media, Peace Movement, Progressive Movement, Sixties
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The Next Bubble Is on the Way : Credit Card Debt
Why are we all complicit in our own economic servitude? by Danny Schechter / August 11, 2008 Let me try a few words out on you: “Charge It,” “Swipe It” and “Priceless.” You know exactly what I am talking about. … Continue reading
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Tagged Campaign Finance, Credit, Debt, Economy, Federal Reserve, Personal Finance
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A Video Series on World Agriculture: Monsanto, Part 2
The World According to Monsanto (Part 2 of 8) Right now, there is probably no other company that is doing more to endanger the health of this planet, and it’s inhabitants, than Monsanto. With Nazi-like attitude, they are leading the … Continue reading
Corporate America Prepares for Battle Against Progressive Labor Legislation
Big business building massive war chest to stop Employee Free Choice Act and other efforts to put a check on corporate powerBy Joshua Holland There is nothing more terrifying to corporate America than the prospect of dealing with its workforce … Continue reading
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Tagged Big Business, Congress, Corporate Power, Economy, Labor Unions, Progressive Legislation
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Oil Drilling, the New ‘Clean’ Energy?
The New York Sun ran this idyllic graphic with its op-ed by Texas state Rep. Myra Crownover, who also owns a drilling company. Texas state Rep. Myra Crownover — who owns an oil drilling company — asserts that ‘oil drilling … Continue reading
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Tagged Energy, Environment, Katrina, McCain, Oil Companies, Oil Drilling, Texas, Texas Legislature
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Blame Is an Ugly Word – Let’s Stop Doing It
If we have and respect political freedom, then we have a responsibility to only vote for those whose policy positions, values, etc., are what we truly admire and think are what is needed for the country. Misplaced Blame Undermines Democracyby … Continue reading
John Edwards? Paging Henry Cisneros
Henry Cisneros and friend: In the day.San Antonio’s Cisneros ‘was on his way to becoming the Latino Obama before he cheated on his saintly wife’By Melinda Henneberger / August 10, 2008 John Edwards is reminding me more and more of … Continue reading
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Tagged Henry Cisneros, John Edwards, Political Scandal, San Antonio, Texas
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Hipster: The Dead End of Western Civilization
‘Lovers of apathy and irony, hipsters are connected through a global network of blogs and shops’By Douglas Haddow We’ve reached a point in our civilization where counterculture has mutated into a self-obsessed aesthetic vacuum. So while hipsterdom is the end … Continue reading
San Antonio Baptist Church Says ‘Gay Street’ Not ‘Baptist Way’
City Council won’t change street nameBy Kate X Messer / August 9, 2008 According to WOAI, the NBC affiliate in the Alamo City, San Antonio City Council has denied Second Baptist Church’s request to change the name of the street … Continue reading
A Video Series on World Agriculture: Monsanto
We will run the remaining videos in the series daily for the next week. The Rag The World According to Monsanto (Part 1 of 8) Right now, there is probably no other company that is doing more to endanger the … Continue reading
